man(1)
NAME
man − displays manual pages online
SYNTAX
man −k keyword...
man −f page_title...
man [−] [−t] [−s] [1...8] page_title...
DESCRIPTION
The man command is a program that provides on-line displays of the reference pages. Using options, you can direct the man command to display one line summaries of reference pages which contain a specific keyword, or you can use this command to display one line summaries of specific reference pages.
OPTIONS
−kDisplay one line summaries of each reference page that contains the specified keyword or keywords.
−fDisplay one line summaries of each page title specified on the command line.
−Squeeze multiple blank lines from output.
−sRemove unnecessary blank lines.
−tPhototypesets output using troff.
If an option is not used, the man command formats and displays one or more specified reference pages. If you specify the man command followed by a section number (1 through 8) and page title, the man command looks in that section of the reference pages for the specified page titles. A section number can also include a letter classifier. For example, section 1g contains the commands in section 1 for graphics. If a section number is omitted, the man command searches all sections of the reference pages. The man command displays commands over subroutines in system libraries, and displays the first section it finds, if any.
If the standard output is a teletype, the man command completes the following: pipes the output through cat() using the option −s to eliminate unnecessary blank lines and invokes page() to display a screenful at a time.
RESTRICTIONS
The reference pages are reproducible on phototypesetters or on hardcopy devices. However, some devices do not properly handle special characters which causes information to be lost.
FILES
/usr/man/man?/* These directories contain the on-line reference pages which are divided into sections 1 through 8.
/usr/man/cat?/* These directories contain the files generated by the catman command.
/usr/lib/whatis This file contains the summary lines of each reference page.
SEE ALSO
page(1), whatis(1), whereis(1), catman(8)
Commands